Wagon-tongue coupling



.-W. W. GOTTIE B. Wagon-Tongue Goufiling No. 226,307. Patented April 6,1880.

' INVENTUB ATTORNEYS N. FEI'ERS, FHOTO-UTHQGRAFHER, WASHINGTON, D C.

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VVILLIAM- W. GOTTIER, OF DUNKIRK, OHIO.

WAGON-TONGUE COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 226,307, dated April 6, 1880.

Application filed February 14, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM W. GOTTIER, of Dunkirk, in the county of Hardin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wagon-Tongue Couplings; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a plan of my wagon-tongue coupling, and Fig. 2 is a detail view of the same.

The nature of my invention relates to wagontongue couplings.

The improvement consists in the construction and arrangement of the hounds, and also in a device for checking the downward tilt of the pole, as fully set forth in the following description, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, A designates the pole, to which are bolted the pole-hounds B, each of which hounds consists of a long triangular shaped frame formed with a central crosspiece, I). These frames are arranged with the apex of the triangle nearest to the front end of the pole.

G C designate long wooden hounds, to which are bolted metal hounds D, formed and arranged like the hounds B. These hounds D have also cross-pieces I), and to pivot the pole a bolt, E, passes through the hounds U, the cross-pieces Z), and the pole. The weight of the pole-hounds causes the pole to nearly balance, whereby it will have but little weight upon the horses necks. The pole-hounds work between the hounds D, and all of the said hounds come nearly together at their forward ends.

In order to prevent the pole from tilting down too far I provide a check-bar, F, which is bolted or secured by clamps to the wooden hounds G in position to arrest the rear end of the tongue when the pole is tilted down.

When desired, however, to let the pole tilt down so that its rear end will rise above the horizontal plane of the hounds, the checkbar F may be removed.

In either instance there will not be a great deal of weight upon the horses necks; but where the aforesaid check-bar is employed the pole will be somaintained that after it is checked by the check-bar the harness may be arranged so as to relieve all unnecessary weight fromthe horses necks.

The hounds are strong and durable, and the pole turns freely upon its pivot.

YVhat I claim is V I In a wagon-tongue coupling, the combination of the pole A, provided with the metal hounds B, having hollow cross-pieces b b, the hounds G 0, provided with the metal hounds D D, having hollow cross-pieces b b, bolt E, and cross-piece F, secured to the hounds O 0, all constructed and operating substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

\VILLIAM WALLACE GOTTIER.

Witnesses:

HARVEY J. EAGER, JAMES J. WOOD. 

